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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 5 Michael Riscjhe (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Gunther Schuller [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1995 ] This is one of the most powerful symphonies written in clear connection to the approach of World War II in Europe. Its immediate suppression by Nazi authorities made it a virtually unknown work until its rediscover years after its composition. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Michael Volle (Der Wanderer), Peter Hoare (Mime), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle [ BR Klassik / 3 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Following the 2015 release of Das Rheingold and of Die Walküre in 2019, BR-KLASSIK is now releasing Siegfried as part of the enthusiastically received Ring cycle under Sir Simon Rattle. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang' Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonyté (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] "The 44-strong Monteverdi Choir launch into 'Die Nacht ist vergangen' with real joy as day arrives...The final choral fugue is genuinely uplifting, a splendid way to conclude Gardiner's splendid cycle" Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2017 |
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV / LIADOV / KABALEVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / RUBINSTEIN
Russian Fireworks Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen; Gunzenhauser, Richard Hayman, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/1990 ] "A vividly sparkling concert with spectacular digital sound, more than making up in vigour and spontaneity for any lack of finesse. The Liadov tone-poems are especially attractive and, besides the very familiar pieces by Ippolitov-Ivanov, Halvorsen... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Dialogue Cantatas for soprano & bass Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Michael Volle (bass), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & RIAS Kammerchor [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] "The Akademie orchestra and the RIAS Kammerchor round off a fine well-balanced recording. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Lohengrin (complete opera recorded in 2018) Staatsoper Stuttgart / Michaël König, Simone Schneider, Martin Gantner, Okka von der Damerau / Cornelius Meister [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Nov/2020 ] What are heroes made of and why do our societies need them so badly ? At the Staatsoper Stuttgart, stage director Árpád Schilling tries to answer this mythological, political and existential question, lying at the core of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
GERSHWIN / JOHNSON / RESER / SUESSE
Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age Tatiana Roitman / Gary Hammond / Dan Yappie / Peter Mintun / Michael Gurt / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A fantastic selection of concertos from the American Jazz Age including Gershwin's immortal A Rhapsody in Blue, heard here in its complete original version for jazz band, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Grofé also orchestrated the Concerto in Three... |
CHARLES IVES
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives Thomas Hampson (baritone) / San Francisco Symphony orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas, Richard R. Webster (organ) [ Sony Classical ./ RCA / 4 CD Box Set - released 17/May/2002 ] Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
NIELS GADE
Gade: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Copenhagen Collegium Musicum, Michael Schonwandt [ Dacapo / Marco Polo / CD ] Cover painting: Christen Købke. Painting sold by Kunsthallens Auktioner, Copenhagen |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: An 1827 Schubertiad Juliane Banse, Lynne Dawson, Michael Schade, Gerald Finley, Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 36 / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] 'Superb … Wonderfully fluent, confident singing from Finley, soft-grained intimacy from Banse … a delight' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
The Best of Schubert Jenö Jandó (piano), Leonard Hokanson (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Villa Musica Ensemble, Mandelring Quartet, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD ] Artists: Jenö Jandó (piano), Leonard Hokanson (piano) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Villa Musica Ensemble, Mandelring Quartet, Michael Halász |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SOR / TOMASEK / etc
Decades: A Century of Song - Volume 1: 1810-1820 Michael Schade, Lorna Anderson, Sylvia Schwartz, Ann Murray, Florian Boesch / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Vivat / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz also makes her mark, finely sustaining the high tes |
JERRY HERMAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hermann: Miss Spectacular Christine Baranski & Michael Feinstein / The Concept album [ DRG Theater / CD - released 17/Jun/2002 ] Miss Spectacular is an unproduced musical with a libretto by Robert L. Freedman, lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and additional lyrics by Steve Lawrence and Michael Feinstein. |
Devvie Byrne, Gary Morris, Gay Soper, Philip Quast, Michael Ball, etc / The International Cast Recording
Les Miserables (Highlights) [ Polygram / CD - released 28/Nov/2000 ] The international cast perform highlights from "Les Miserables". Includes tracks performed by Australian cast members Anthony Warlow, Philip Quast & Debbie Byrne. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Capriccio (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Renee Fleming, Bo Skovhus, Michael Schade, Angelika Kirchschlager / Christoph Eschenbach (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "Kurt Rydl crowns a fine stage career with a gloriously eccentric impersonation of La Roche...The singing honours belong entirely to Angelika Kirchschlager as Clairon." BBC Music |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Vladimir Feltsman (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Sony Masterworks / CD - released 1/Jul/1989 ] Vladimir Feltsman debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at the age of eleven and he went on to win numerous competitions including the prestigious Marguerite Long International Piano Competition. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Chout, Op.21 (ballet in 6 scenes) WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Michael Jurowski [ CPO / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] "The playing of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - supple and varied, discreet and explosive - is very impressive indeed. Jurowski is measured, but on the whole he skirts sluggishness; also, he scales climaxes very nicely." MusicWeb |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
prokofiev: Le Pas d'Acier / L'enfant prodigue WDR Sinfonieorchester Koln, Michael Jurowski [ CPO / CD ] "I've been listening to some late 20th and early 21st century scores of late and am still amazed as to how Prokofiev anticipates much of what goes for "modern music" but he did it so much better." |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (complete opera recorded in 2013) Wiener Staatsoper / Monika Bohinec, Anna Gabler, Roberto Saccà, Peter Sonn, Michael Volle, Markus Werb / Daniele Gatti [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A fresh, charming and perceptive production, magical and irresistible!" (New York Times) "All narrative and poetry is nothing but the key to true dreams" (Hans Sachs). Spontaneously emerging from just such a truthful dream by the cobbler-poet on... |
